64-12 Repeal Certain Boards and Commissions

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141.01 ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP. There is hereby established a Boxing and Wrestling Commission, to consist of three residents of the City to be appointed by the Mayor and to serve at his pleasure without compensation. Persons employed by the City, or by the Board of Education of the City, may be appointed mem- bers of the Boxing and Wrestling Commission. 141.02 POWERS AND DUTIES; OFFICERS. It shall be the duty of the Boxing and Wrestling Commission to inves- tigate all applications for permits referred to it by the Mayor, and to re- port the results of such investigations to the Mayor; to regulate and control the conditions and conduct of places operated for the training of boxers or wrestlers or where boxing or wrestling exhibitions are held and, for such purposes, to adopt such rules as it may deem necessary in the public interest; to provide for its own organization and meetings, including the election of its chairman. The Director of Finance or a deputy assigned by him shall act as secretary thereof without compen- sation. 141.03 PERMIT FOR TRAINING OR HOLDING EXHIBITION Any person desiring to operate a place for the training of boxers or wrestlers, or to hold boxing and wrestling exhibitions, shall file an ap- plication for a permit for each such purpose with the Mayor, who shall refer each such application to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission for investigation and report. Upon such reference, it shall be the duty of the Commission to make, or anise to be made, a thorough investigation to determine the financial responsibility and general character of the applicant, the fitness of the participants in any boxing or wrestling exhibition if then known, and such other matters as may be pertinent to the granting of the applica- tion, and to report the results of the investigation to the Mayor with its recommendations as to the granting or rejection of the application for permit. After receipt of such report, the Mayor may grant or reject the application and, if granted, the Mayor may thereafter revoke any such permit. 141.04 PERMIT FEES. Prior to the issuance of a permit for the operation of a place for the training of boxers or wrestlers, the applicant shall pay a fee of five dol- lars ($5.00) and, thereafter, as long as any such permit shall continue in effect, the applicant shall pay an annual fee of five dollars ($5.00) dur- ing January of each year to the Director of Finance. The grantee of a permit for the holding of boxing and wrestling exhibi- tions shall pay the Director of Finance the stun of fifty, dollars ($50.00) for and prior to the holding of each boxing or wrestling exhibition. This fee shall not be required for such exhibitions given in a theater as a regular part of any theater program, or any boxing or wrestling exhibi- tion by a Lakewood organization, the proceeds of which are to be used for charitable purposes, which purposes shall be subject to the approval